This programme is no longer open for recruitment. From 2015/16 onwards students who enter the UCC Pharmacy programme will register for an integrated BPharm/MPharm degree (Masters in Pharmacy) (NFQ Level 9).

Applicants who are under 23 years of age must satisfy the minimum entry requirements of the College of Medicine and Health as set out here.

Entry on the Grounds of Mature Years

Applicants who have not satisfied the minimum entry requirements may, on the recommendation of College, be considered for admission on the grounds of mature years (see under "Mature Students" in the Admission to Undergraduate Programmes section of the University Calendar).

Student Declaration

All students are required to sign a Student Declaration. This Declaration clearly outlines student rights and student responsibilities as registered students of the UCC School of Pharmacy. Copies of the Declaration are available from the Pharmacy School Office on request.

Fitness to Practise

Commencing with the 2013/2014 intake of first year students (including repeats), this programme will be subject to the University's Fitness to Practise Policy - full details may be found here.

Oral Examinations

Some modules of the BPharm degree have provision for Oral Examinations following Written Examinations. Students are reminded that they are expected to stay in Cork until the examination session is over, so that they are available for the examinations if required.

Attendance

Each student registered for the BPharm degree is expected to attend all timetable teaching activities. In the case of absences through illness, a student must give notice of each absence in writing and submit a medical certificate to the School Secretary within 48 hours of return.

A student will not be permitted to enter for an examination at the conclusion of a module if attendance at that module is not considered satisfactory by the Registrar and Senior Vice-President Academic following a report by the Head of School. The decision of the Registrar and Senior Vice-President Academic is subject to the appeal of the Academic Council of the University.

Two Year Rule

Students of Pharmacy must pass/progress within two academic years of first registration for each year of the programme. Students of Pharmacy are allowed to repeat any academic year once only and may not repeat any more than two academic years in any one programme.

REGULATIONS FOR THE BPharm (Hons) DEGREE

The programme is defined in terms of modules, which are measured in terms of credits. A module may correspond to 5, 10, 15 or 20 credits. One year of a degree programme consists of modules to a total value of 60 credits.

Students Repeating First Year in 2015/16
A student who repeats First Year in 2015/16 will have to enter the BPharm/MPharm degree programme.

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2016 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2015/2016.

In order to be admitted to the Second University Examination in Pharmacy, each student must have attended modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:

BC2443 Molecular Biology (5 credits)
MB2555 Introduction to Pharmaceutical Microbiology (10 credits)
PF2009 Pharmaceutical Technology - Solid Oral and Sterile Dosage Forms (10 credits)
PF2010 Professional Pharmacy Core Skills (5 credits)
PF2011 Research Methods and Applied Data Analysis (5 credits)
PF2012 Pharmaceutical Analysis (5 credits)
PF2013 Pharmaceutical Chemistry (5 credits)
PF2014 Pharmacy Practice II (5 credits)
PT2448 Cellular and Molecular Basis of Drug Action and Toxicity (10 credits)

Students Repeating Second Year in 2015/16
A student who repeats the second year of the programme must pass and progress in the current prescribed programme which may differ from the programme in an earlier attempt year. Where a student has been granted exemptions due to having passed module(s) in an earlier attempt year, an exemption in any particular module is relevant to the repeat year only where that module is included in the current prescribed programme. Students repeating second year in 2015/16 may be required to take new modules as prescribed by the School. In some instances, modules may potentially carry different credit weightings and content compared to an earlier attempt year.

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2016 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2015/2016.

In order to be admitted to the Third University Examination in Pharmacy, each student must have attended modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:

BC3443 Clinical Immunology (5 credits)
PF3001 Pharmacognosy and Phytopharmaceuticals (5 credits)
PF3008 Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics (10 credits)
PF3102 Pharmaceutical Chemistry III (5 credits)
PF3106 Clinical Practice I (10 credits)
PF3107 Pharmacy Practice III (5 credits)
PF3444 Clinical Microbiology (5 credits)
PT3446 Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (10 credits)
PT3447 Advanced Pharmacology (5 credits)

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.
Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2016 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2015/2016.

In order to be admitted to the Fourth University Examination in Pharmacy, each student must have attended modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:

PF4001 Drug Design (5 credits)
PF4002 Clinical Practice II Part 1 (10 credits)
PF4003 Clinical Practice II Part 2 (10 credits)
PF4004 Pharmacy Project (10 credits)
PF4008 Novel Drug Delivery Systems (10 credits)
PF4109 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (10 credits)
PT4447 Advanced Pharmacology and Veterinary Pharmacology (5 credits)

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be available in the Marks and Standards 2016 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2015/2016.

Programme Learning Outcomes for BPharm (Hons) Degree (NFQ Level 8, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Define the role of the Pharmacist in hospital, community, industry, research environments and other positions where the pharmacist can be employed.
• Communicate effectively with patients and healthcare professionals for the purpose of counselling and advising on medicines and their safe usage.
• Interpret and evaluate prescriptions and supply medicines in accordance with current legislation and professional codes of practice.
• Apply the physiochemical properties of drugs to the design of small molecules and biopharmaceutical drug delivery systems and recognise the principles of pharmaceutical manufacturing encompassing good manufacturing practice (GMP), quality assurance (QA), quality control (QC) and regulatory affairs.
• Apply the principles of chemistry underpinning the design, development, manufacture, analysis and quality control of pharmaceutical compounds and excipients.
• Outline the physiological, biochemical, molecular and genetic basis of disease, drug therapy and drug delivery.
• Apply the pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetics and pharmacological principles underlying the use of medicines in health care.
• Recognise common disease states and respond appropriately to presented symptoms.
• Conduct a literature review, design a research protocol, collect and interpret data and write a research report.